Saudi beheads and crucifies murder convict

[JIDinPhilly]

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news...udi.Beheading/

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi authorities beheaded and crucified a man convicted of brutally slaying an 11-year-old boy and his father, the Interior Ministry announced.

According to the statement issued by the ministry Friday, shop owner Ahmed al-Anzi molested the boy and then strangled him with a length of rope. He then stabbed the boy's father to death when the man came looking for his son.

He hid both the bodies in his shop, the statement said, adding that al-Anzi threatened police with a knife when they came to arrest him.

Al-Anzi had previously been convicted of sodomy and owning pornographic films, a crime in conservative Saudi Arabia.

Crucifying the headless body in a public place is a way to set an example, according to the kingdom's strict interpretation of Islam. Normally those convicted of rape, murder and drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia are just beheaded.

London-based rights group Amnesty International criticized al-Anzi's execution and crucifixion.

"It is horrific that beheading and crucifixions still happen," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui of Amnesty International in a statement Friday.

"King Abdullah should show true leadership and commute all death sentences if Saudi Arabia is to have any role to play as a global leader or member of the G20," said Sahraoui.

According to an Associated Press count, Friday's execution brought the number to 35 beheading this year in the kingdom. In 2008, 102 people were beheaded.

Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed

[uniballin]

It truly is a different world over there...

[schr8er2000]

"It is horrific that beheading and crucifixions still happen," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui of Amnesty International in a statement Friday.

Yeah... and its horrific that a child is molested, strangled and his father is killed while looking for him....

AWWWWWWWWWW... I feel SOOOOOOOOOOOO sad for that asshat....


Ya gotta learn that things ARE different in other countries.... and if that is their way of handling the problem.. you learn.... that YA DO THE CRIME YA DO THE TIME... or expect to take the punishment.....

[RoyJackson]

The guy raped the kid, then brutally murdered him and his father.
What's wrong with the penalty? Not cruel and unusual by Saudi standards...

[MostlyHarmless]

Do I really have to care for the non existing feelings of a dead guy, who molested an 11 year old boy, brutally murdered him and killed his father? If it sets an example that only deters one other perpetrator, I'm for more crosses.

This is the kind of crap outcry where Amnesty International really loses. Beheaded, hanged, shot or poison injected, what difference does it really make? It's not like medieval British punishment with dragging and long drawn out disembowelment. Sure, there are those few seconds where the brain still functions and the head is already severed. But who is to decide if it is those few seconds a human needs to come to terms with whoever/whatever they believe in? Certainly not my call to deprive that murderer of those important last seconds.

As long as the conviction itself was the result of "due process", beheading is just as fine.


Jan

[Yoder]

http://www.comcast.net/articles/news...udi.Beheading/

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi authorities beheaded and crucified a man convicted of brutally slaying an 11-year-old boy and his father, the Interior Ministry announced.

According to the statement issued by the ministry Friday, shop owner Ahmed al-Anzi molested the boy and then strangled him with a length of rope. He then stabbed the boy's father to death when the man came looking for his son.

He hid both the bodies in his shop, the statement said, adding that al-Anzi threatened police with a knife when they came to arrest him.

Al-Anzi had previously been convicted of sodomy and owning pornographic films, a crime in conservative Saudi Arabia.

Crucifying the headless body in a public place is a way to set an example, according to the kingdom's strict interpretation of Islam. Normally those convicted of rape, murder and drug trafficking in Saudi Arabia are just beheaded.

London-based rights group Amnesty International criticized al-Anzi's execution and crucifixion.

"It is horrific that beheading and crucifixions still happen," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui of Amnesty International in a statement Friday.

"King Abdullah should show true leadership and commute all death sentences if Saudi Arabia is to have any role to play as a global leader or member of the G20," said Sahraoui.

According to an Associated Press count, Friday's execution brought the number to 35 beheading this year in the kingdom. In 2008, 102 people were beheaded.

Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed

Wow, this punishment actually makes me happy Any bag of shit that rapes and kills children get no sympathy from me. I hope they let a family member hammer in the spikes before they killed this dirt bag.

[camper]

This is how it should be done. The rate of recidivism in that country is almost nill, as is the number of people who commit those crimes.

This man got less then he deserved, but at least he won't do it again.

camper

[Siobhra]

We want the Saudi's to stop the real crimes against humanity then we have to stop getting down on them for things like this. We only hurt our cause when we defend scum. We cry out for the Saudi King to do something about the rights of women and against how they treat rape victims. Then we must support them when they do the right thing. We destroy our credibility when we try to defend scum like that.

[D-FENS]

I'll save my outrage for the public executions of girls that talk to boys outside their families.

[knight0334]

For the crime, the punishment fits. While I dont like how the religious doctrine laws make it illegal for women to do certain things, or how women get stiffer penalties than men, or how women are criminalized for being raped, etc - the way they handle general crimes like murder do get a thumbs up from me.

We should have hangings, beheadings, and crucifixions for our worst offenses too. ...Publicly, and broadcasted on TV to show everyone what will happen if you rape, murder, kidnap, etc, etc.